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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2009, 3:30 PM CDT for 41 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2009, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 49 counties
Atoka County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 8, 3:16 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:16 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 2:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
220 PM CDT WED APR 8 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
220 PM CDT WED APR 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WILL PRECLUDE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY APR 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...ZERO PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO PARTS OF NORTHERN... CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WHILE A FEW STRONG
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE... THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED
TO BE STILL TOO LIMITED TO SUPPORT A MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE REGION BY LATE NEXT
WEEKEND... PROVIDING A BETTER CHANCE OF MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. DRY AIR... WARM
TEMPERATURES... AND STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
ELEVATE THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL TO EXTREME LEVELS BY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 7 AM
WEDNESDAY MORNING.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:48 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 37 more | 31 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.